Last January, I brought you word of the first prototype 500Hz gaming monitor, and seven months later, the first actual 500Hz gaming monitor was announced by the company. The Alienware AW2524H could be the first 500Hz gaming monitor you can buy.
We didn't hear a word about the monitor until this morning, when the website for the Swift Pro display wasn't live. I'm not sure what to say.
Why would you buy a 500Hz monitor? Maybe you won't! Unless you already have the reflexes of a hummingbird and will pay any price to make sure technology doesn't hold you back, that's right. In games where your graphics card or chip can deliver 500 frames per second, the response time difference is less than one thousandth of a second. DigitalTrends found they couldn't actually drive most games that fast when Alienware put 480hertz screens in its gaming laptops.
If you have a 500Hz gaming monitor and a desktop that can power it, Alienware is a good choice. It will be out in China and North America on February 8th and March 21st, respectively, and it will have a fastIPS screen, which should mean better colors and viewing angles.
It has a G-Sync screen with an anti-glare coating, two HDMI 2.1 ports, four 5Gbpsusb-A ports, and a pull-out headset hanger.
There is a downside to having an ultra high-refresh-rate screen, which is that you are limited to just 90ppi on a monitor like this. The 500Hz refresh rate is with a panel that has been altered. It is a 480 hertz panel, just like many 165 hertz panels are.
There is a standard VESA 100 x 100 mounting pattern if you don't like the included stand for some reason. In our experience, the DisplayHDR 400 certification simply means that it can reach 400 nits of brightness, not that it has anything worth writing about.
The price will be announced closer to the ship date. I am more excited for fast OLED than I am for fastIPS, which is why I am here at the show. Thanks to Alienware, I can't wait to see what the future holds for QD-OLED panels.
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